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Cutting Felt and a Give-Away

Have you worked with felt? Felt has a cozy, folk-art look you associate with the flat, non-reflective texture of penny rugs. Felt is a non-woven fabric made from fibers pressed together. Hand felted wool is lovely to work but not readily available. So I use commercial felt. The best felt for stitching is made with a high percentage of wool combined with some synthetic fibers.

And it doesn’t fray. Cut felt with scissors, decorative rotary cutter blades, or even a die cutter.

In the Folk Art Garden Project fromJoyful Stitching, I used a pinking blade in the rotary cutter to trim the edges of the pink felt. This decorative edge is then embellished with a Fly Stitch.

And now the the Give-Away part. Leave a comment on my blog today and you may be the lucky winner of a 45mm pinking blade used to make the Folk Art Garden project. I’ll announce the winner next Thursday.

20 thoughts on “Cutting Felt and a Give-Away”

Oooo-a new pinking blade! I always forget about replacing those fancy blades until I start using one that is dull………….in the middle of the night, or when there’s no chance I’ll get to a store that carries them in a timely manner! This would be such a bonus!!

I follow you faithfully but still have not started on a wool embroidery project! but something about this one makes me think I might give it a go. Love your work, thanks for sharing it and your embroidery tips so generously!